North America: Polluta Residents Portraits
The exhibition “Welcome to Polluta!” highlights the international cultural exchange in a global art ecology. The hosting Quarantine Film...
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- Aug 18
- 6 min
Hong Kong: Polluta Residents Portraits
The exhibition “Welcome to Polluta!” highlights the international cultural exchange in a global art ecology. The hosting Quarantine Film...
- Aug 13
- 3 min
Europe: Polluta Residents Portraits (+ 1 Middle East)
The exhibition “Welcome to Polluta!” highlights the international cultural exchange in a global art ecology. The hosting Quarantine Film...
- Jun 17
- 6 min
Tell me more Polluta woodcut stories please!
I have recently finished Phase 1 (42 images) of Polluta Propaganda Woodcuts (99 images in total.) In 2015-2019, I conducted many school...
- May 11
- 4 min
How Do you Hang your Art?
Over the years, I’ve had many collectors and students’ parents seeking advice on how to hang their proud art collection. In this blog...
- May 3
- 7 min
Interview with Artist Amy Spencer Harff
Tell us about yourself! Where are you based? What is a typical day like for you? I am currently based just outside of Boston,...
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Original Hand-pulled VS Giclée Art Prints
✵✶✺What are hand-pulled prints? ✵✶✺ Hand-pulled prints are original artworks. They are any image that are created by hand printed image...
- Apr 19
- 4 min
Interview with artists Scapa Joe
Tell us about yourselves! What is a typical day like for you? Yes, we're in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in the north of England, though I...
- Apr 12
- 4 min
Little Humans & Woodcuts
Polluta is an ecotopian artist colony built with air pollution. In the world of climate change, us big humans will be much less impacted...
- Apr 4
- 10 min
Tell me the Story in your Art!
Stories are important because that’s how human beings retain memories. That’s how we share over the dinner tables, catch up with friends...
- Mar 29
- 6 min
To Frame or Not to Frame? (Framing 101)
Framing is personal. “How should I frame this piece?” Well, it’s almost like asking, how should I dress for this dinner party? It depends...
- Mar 22
- 3 min
What is heck is the Little Number on an Art Print?
You may see a little number under an art print. It’s usually (ALWAYS) in the lower left corner under the image. It could look like 1/9 or...
- Mar 14
- 3 min
The Magic of Colours
In the last post, I shared murphy’s law in printmaking. Today, I share the process to arrive at the correct colour. Colours? You mean...
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Four Years of Printmaking Journey (so far…)
In this post, I will share my personal journey to develop my own system to arrive at the final perfect woodcut print. It took four years....
- Mar 2
- 4 min
What Woodcut Tools do you Use?
It takes artists months if not years to discover her perfect tool. The right tool could make or break a piece. Of course, it makes...
- Feb 22
- 3 min
Why am I Making 99 Woodcuts? (2/2)
This is Part II of "Why am I Making 99 Woodcuts”? Please click here for Part I. In the last blog post, I talked about how my research of...
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Why am I Making 99 Woodcuts? (1/2)
I came to embark on this 99 woodcut project out of both research and an obsession. Back in 2015, I set out to develop the body of...
- Feb 8
- 4 min
How to Translate Research into Art 2/2
This is Part II of “How to Translate Complex Research into Art.” Please click here for Part I. Click here to watch "Plastic, plastic,...
- Jan 31
- 4 min
How to Translate Research into Art (1/2)
This is Part I of “How to Translate Complex Research into Art.” Please click here for Part II. I have had a lot of undergrad and graduate...
- Jan 25
- 3 min
How did I come up with the World of 2084?
I get this question. A lot. The next question that follows is usually. How do you come up with all those stories? (I will talk about that...